[dba-Tech] Woe is me

[Arthur Fuller]

Ah, Susan! I should have thought of that. My only excuse is that I turned
75 a month ago. 😀 It's the greatest excuse *ever*! People forgive me for
forgetting their names, forgetting to do stuff... it's great! There are a
few downsides, such as lower back pain, the occasional stroke, etc., but
all in all, old age beats the alternative.
I did a reset, electing to keep my files but nuking everything else. First
thing I installed was SQL 2019 Developer Edition, and it worked. So the big
headache has gone away.
There's more to install, of course. As I write this, MS 365 is midway into
installation. As soon as it's done, I'll create a restore point, and over
the rest of the weekend, lazily reinstall various other items, such as
MZ-Tools. I don't know how an Access developer could live without that.
Anyway, thanks for the slap  on the side of my head, Susan. Much
appreciated.

On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 5:55 PM Gary Kjos <garykjos at gmail.com> wrote:

> Or maybe do a windows reinstall?  Or create a VM to install the SQL Server
> in?
>
> GK
>
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 2:51 PM Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Arthur, stop fighting what's happened. Reset your system back to the day
> > before all the trouble started. That may clear the problem.
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 17, 2022, 2:37 PM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I've done something to royally screw up my SQL Server installation, and
> > > been screwing around for at least two weeks trying everything I could
> think
> > > of to repair it, to no avail. I've uninstalled it then reinstalled it
> > > several times, and it fails every time.
> > > Have you ever tried to read the installation log file? Wow. It's -- at
> > > least to this feeble mind -- incomprehensible.
> > > The only other thing I can think of is to buy yet another laptop and
> start
> > > over from scratch.
> > > But before I do that, I thought I'd poll the gurus here and see if
> anyone
> > > has suggestions.
> > >
> > > --
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-- 
Arthur